Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump

Tonda Mac Charles Ottawa Bureau: In a wide-ranging news conference to mark his government six-month anniversary in power, Trudeau adopted a diplomatic silence over the rise of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP presidential candidate, according to Toronto Star. Trudeau said he looks forward to working closely with the next American president regardless of who that may be on issues of common interest like trade, economic growth and innovation — things that we’re going to be able to line up on. By Tonda Mac Charles Ottawa Bureau reporter Wed., May 4, 2016 OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau downplayed concern over protectionist trade talk on the U.S. campaign trail as he announced he will host President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in June and boasted of progress on bilateral irritants. I think one of the things we see in any electoral campaign, including electoral campaigns here in Canada, is a bit of rhetoric around protectionism that tends to dissipate a little bit once the election has come and gone, Trudeau told reporters. Article Continued Below Still, Trump has amped up the rhetoric during the 2016 debates. During the 2008 U.S. primary campaign, then-Democratic nomination rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said they would renegotiate NAFTA, but once Obama was elected president and Clinton became his secretary of state, there was no bid to reopen the trade deal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.